Jacob katzenberg



(No Model.) J. KATZENBERG.

SUSPBNDERS.

VPatented Nov. 25, 1,890.

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JACOB KATZENBERG, OF NET YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,491, dated November25, 1890.

Application filed August 28, 1890. Serial No. 363,336. (No model.)

lSuspenders and shoulder-braces; and the object of my invention is toproduce a pair of Suspenders that may be cheaply constructed and thatwill conform to the varying movements of the body of the wearer, therebyenabling them to serve admirably as supports for the trousers, and alsocausing them to be very easy to the wearer.

To this end my invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts,which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a rear elevation of a pair of Suspenders embodying myinvention, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

The suspenders have the usual shoulderstraps A, which are provided attheir front and rear ends with the usual tabs B, adapted to be buttonedto the trousers, and the shoulder-straps are connected in the rear bythe vplates C, the plates being united by elastic lacings E, whichextend through the eyelets c of the plates, and are fastened in anyconvenient manner. The outer edges of the plates C are lapped upon theshoulder-straps A, and are held in place by the straps or covers D,which are laid over the outer edges of the plates and are firmlystitched to the shoulderstraps,`the stitches being passed through theplates C, so that the shoulder-straps, the plates, and the coversare allfirmly bound together. It is desirable that the shonlderstraps be curvedlaterally toward each other, as shown in Fig. l, so that the endsthereof will diverge, as this form enables the straps to fit the body ofthe wearer, and the covers D are shaped to give the straps this peculiarform. The covers D correspond in width to the width of the straps, andthe inner edges of the covers are curved, as at d, the covers havingrounded loped, if desired. Vhen the covers are attached to theshoulder-straps, the inner edges of the straps are stretched, so as togive them the desired curvature, and the covers are attached while thestraps are held in this position, and after the covers are stitched tothe straps they serve to hold the straps in the curved position. Byhaving the plates C interposed between the shoulder-straps A and thecovers D the plates are held away from the body of the wearer, so thatthe eyelets therein will not become moistened by sweat and will not belikely to corrode. At the same time the exible connection between theplates permits of a free movement of the body and of the lacings.

I am aware that heretofore shoulder-straps have been united by aflexible connection. and that shoulder-straps have been curvedlaterally, and I therefore do not claim these features, broadly, as myinvention, but where the straps have been curved, as described, theyhave always been formed of two or more pieces.

The plates C and covers D serve to strengthen the back of the wearer,and when the plates are used the eyelets therein may be small, and thelacings and eyelets will be held away from the body, so that they willnot be noticed in the least. The plates C being thin permit the use of amuch smaller eyelet than is ordinarily used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The Suspenders comprising the laterallycurvedshoulder-straps, each formed of a single piece, the back plates attachedto the backs of the straps at their converging points, said plateshaving their abutting edges perforated and connected by cross-lacings,and the binding strips or covers shaped to iit the curvature of thestraps, said strips being attached to the backs of the straps and to theback plates, substantially as described.

JACOB KATZENBERG.

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